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Intel N100 Radxa X4 First Thoughts
The Intel N100-based Radxa x4 has taken the headlines over the last week or so, and for good reason! Does the x86 SBC live up to the hype?
Intel N100 CPU (4 Alderlake CPU cores, up to 3.4GHz) Intel UHD Graphics (750MHz) 4/8/12/16GB LPDDR5 4786MT/s 2.5Gbit RJ45 Ethernet (with PoE support via HAT) M.2 M-Key connection for M.2 2230 NVMe drives 12V USB-C Power Delivery Input 3x USB-A 3.2 (10Gbps) ports, 1x USB-A 2.0 WiFi 5 & BT5, or WiFi 6 & BT5.2 (the latter on 8GB RAM models and up) 2x Micro HDMI (up to 4K60) Raspberry Pi RP2040 to control the 40-pin GPIO headers Fan & RTC Battery headers 3.5mm Headphone & Microphone Jack eMMC is available either to solder yourself or when you order a SKU that includes it The case/cooler came with a thermal pad (more on that later) and 2 feet sticker things so you don’t have to have metal directly on a surface, the PoE HAT has standoffs pre-applied with extras in a bag, and the x4 board came with a pre-installed RTC battery and 2 WiFi antennas. If I then stress the Intel N100 and its GPU with OCCT and the Power Configuration tester (it stresses the CPU, RAM and GPU all at once) it quickly jumps to 27.3 watts and then drops down, likely because that’s at the limit of what the 12V/2.25A PSU (the official Raspberry Pi 5 PSU) can offer so for future testing, I’ll need to give it a slightly beefier power supply and see what it does.
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